CONFIGURING NETWORK PROTOCOL PROPERTIES

The Administration > Setup > Network page allows you to set up the protocols used by the client workstation to communicate with the controller. You must configure the controller properly before end users can perform network printing.

Although the protocols are set up during the installation process, you can improve network performance by customizing the settings for your particular network configuration. For example, the default method for acquiring the controller’s IP Address is by using DHCP. If your controller operates in a NetWare environment (IPX), this default setting generates unnecessary TCP/IP traffic.

Another example involves the default Auto Sense configuration setting for the IPX protocol. With Auto Sense enabled, the controller automatically determines the appropriate IPX frame type and issues SAP packets over the network, which are used for device discovery. This default setting makes device discovery immediate and automatic, but it generates IPX packets on all networks, even ones that only run TCP/IP.

You must be logged in as an administrator to set network protocol properties.

Applying Changes to Protocol Settings

If you change the TCP/IP protocol settings or enable/disable a network card, you must reboot the controller before the changes take effect.

For information on rebooting the controller, see Rebooting the Controller on page 56.

Enabling/Disabling the Ethernet NIC

1On the Administration tab, click the Setup subtab.

2Click the Network link. The Network page opens.

3In the Device area, click the Network Card drop-down list.

4Select Enable or Disable.

5Click Save.

6Follow the instructions in Applying Changes to Protocol Settings on page 96.

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Toshiba GL-1020 manual Configuring Network Protocol Properties, Applying Changes to Protocol Settings

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